Full Text of SR0494 93rd General Assembly
SR0494 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the death of Emmett V. McNamara Sr. | 4 |
| of Villa Park on Wednesday, March 3, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McNamara was born in 1926 in Villa Park; he | 6 |
| attended York High School in Elmhurst; he married Jeanne | 7 |
| McNamara in 1964; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McNamara was a great patriot and defended his | 9 |
| country during World War II in the U.S. Army; he served in the | 10 |
| Asiatic-Pacific Theater as a corporal; he was honorably | 11 |
| discharged in January of 1947 having earned the Asiatic-Pacific | 12 |
| Theater Ribbon, the Victory Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and | 13 |
| the Army of Occupation Medal for Japan; upon his return home, | 14 |
| he became an electrician; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McNamara was a devoted union activist for many | 16 |
| years; he was a member of the International Brotherhood of | 17 |
| Electrical Workers Local 701 from 1967 to 1990 and represented | 18 |
| the interests of that union in State government for nearly 40 | 19 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, In his work as a lobbyist for the I.B.E.W., Mr. | 21 |
| McNamara was a staunch ally of blue collar working families and | 22 |
| was instrumental in the passing of much legislation that | 23 |
| benefitted all of the hard-working citizens of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McNamara was a former acting chairman and | 25 |
| member of the DuPage Airport Authority; he was a devoted family | 26 |
| man, and he believed that if every person would help his or her | 27 |
| neighbor, no person would be without help; to his friends in | 28 |
| Springfield, he was known as "Smokey"; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Emmett V. McNamara Sr. has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Jeanne McNamara; his | 2 |
| children, Emmett Jr., Eugene, Kathleen Bakken, and Edward Sr.; | 3 |
| his grandchildren, Michael, Edward Jr., Aidan, and Emily; his | 4 |
| siblings, Earl, Kathleen, Rita Sheehan, and Eugene; and his | 5 |
| many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 |
| Emmett V. McNamara Sr., and we extend our sincere condolences | 9 |
| to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 10 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Emmett V. McNamara Sr. as an | 13 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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